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BumRushDaShow

(145,167 posts) Thu Dec 12, 2024, 05:13 AM Dec 12

Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people in biggest single-day act of clemency

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Source: AP

Updated 5:00 AM EST, December 12, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of roughly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed on home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic and is pardoning 39 Americans convicted of nonviolent crimes. It’s the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history.

The commutations announced Thursday are for people who have served out home confinement sentences for at least one year after they were released. Prisons were uniquely bad for spreading the virus and some inmates were released in part to stop the spread. At one point, 1 in 5 prisoners had COVID-19, according to a tally kept by The Associated Press.

Biden said he would be taking more steps in the weeks ahead and would continue to review clemency petitions. The second largest single-day act of clemency was by Barack Obama, with 330, shortly before leaving office in 2017.

“America was built on the promise of possibility and second chances,” Biden said in a statement. “As president, I have the great privilege of extending mercy to people who have demonstrated remorse and rehabilitation, restoring opportunity for Americans to participate in daily life and contribute to their communities, and taking steps to remove sentencing disparities for non-violent offenders, especially those convicted of drug offenses.”

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/biden-pardons-clemency-4432002d67334e6716c2776fd73f3cc8

Link to White House STATEMENT - Statement from President Joe Biden on Providing Clemency for Nearly 1,500 Individuals on Home Confinement and Pardons for 39 Individuals Convicted of Non-Violent Crimes

Link to White House FACT SHEET - FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces Clemency for Nearly 1,500 Americans

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Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people in biggest single-day act of clemency (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Dec 12 OP

You go Joe. pfitz59 Dec 12 #1

Leonard Peltier. SamKnause Dec 12 #2

Did he do it? BoRaGard Dec 12 #3

Recently I read... littlemissmartypants Dec 12 #4

Is this the article you read? ShazzieB Dec 12 #18

What?? MichMan Dec 12 #19

How bizarre! ShazzieB Dec 12 #21

Yes, that's it, SB!! TY. ... littlemissmartypants Dec 12 #34

Peltier fits neither of these categories MichMan Dec 12 #7

I second that. Maybe Deb Haaland is working on that. Clouds Passing Dec 12 #11

Was he convicted of a non-violent crime? Jose Garcia Dec 12 #15

President Biden bdamomma Dec 12 #5

...the people who have demonstrated remorse and rehabilitation...... Escape Dec 12 #6

Needs to Pardon Every OhioTim Dec 12 #8

Free Bob Menendez ! MichMan Dec 12 #10

No way! Fucking crook. Sleazy. Lucky Luciano Dec 12 #28

The post I replied to stated to pardon every Democratic elected official MichMan Dec 12 #29

i don't know about menendez rampartd Dec 12 #32

Ah, no Attilatheblond Dec 12 #16

Now pardon DownriverDem Dec 12 #9

Don't forget Hillary & Bill Clinton marshall Dec 12 #13

K&R question everything Dec 12 #12

need to do more Joe! orleans Dec 12 #14

Do. Not. Pardon. tRump! AKwannabe Dec 12 #17

This is great, and probably the 1st move of several to come. maxsolomon Dec 12 #20

"the largest single day act of clemency? rampartd Dec 12 #22

"do we know how many "draft dodgers" were pardoned by jimmy carter? " BumRushDaShow Dec 12 #23

carter caught hell for those pardons, but i don't think that is why "they" torpedoed his presidency rampartd Dec 12 #30

There were a number of "stunts" that the GOP did during that Carter/Rayun election BumRushDaShow Dec 12 #31

Statement of President Joe Biden LetMyPeopleVote Dec 12 #24

Clearly it was preferable to jail, but I can't imagine being confined within the 4 walls of your house for 4 years. n/t MichMan Dec 12 #25

Depends on what you did, I expect Hekate Dec 12 #27

I hope he does even more. We have major flaws in our justice system... walkingman Dec 12 #26

keep it going. quakerboy Dec 12 #33

Right wing outrage? Scarlet Begalas Dec 13 #35

pfitz59

(11,084 posts)

1. You go Joe.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Dec 12, 2024, 05:28 AM

Dec 12

Now release the marijuana offenders.

SamKnause

(13,930 posts)

2. Leonard Peltier.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Dec 12, 2024, 05:34 AM

Dec 12

BoRaGard

(3,442 posts)

3. Did he do it?

Reply to SamKnause (Reply #2)

Thu Dec 12, 2024, 06:24 AM

Dec 12

He should. Way too long. Way too unjust.

littlemissmartypants

(26,076 posts)

4. Recently I read...

Reply to BoRaGard (Reply #3)

Thu Dec 12, 2024, 07:00 AM

Dec 12

That his First Nation's support was withdrawn. It doesn't look good for him or like he will enjoy a pardon based on that. That withdrawal was based on new evidence that is apparently damning. If the report is true, it is.

I've always thought he should be pardoned but after reading that article I'm not sure anymore.

❤️

ShazzieB

(19,054 posts)

18. Is this the article you read?

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Reply #4)

Thu Dec 12, 2024, 12:14 PM

Dec 12

**Edited to correct link, because it got posted wrong somehow.**
.
I found this on a Google search: ~~https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/afn-leonard-peltier-support-1.726491~~
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/afn-leonard-peltier-support-1.7264911

This does put the whole case in a very different light, doesn't it?

MichMan

(13,729 posts)

19. What??

Reply to ShazzieB (Reply #18)

Thu Dec 12, 2024, 12:33 PM

Dec 12

Here is the link you posted

Anderson stops 53 as Panthers blank Isles

The New York Islanders fired 53 shots at Florida Panthers goalie Craig Anderson, including a franchise-high 29 in the second period.

ShazzieB

(19,054 posts)

21. How bizarre!

Reply to MichMan (Reply #19)

Thu Dec 12, 2024, 12:46 PM

Dec 12

I'm not sure what went wrong there, but this is the link I meant to post: https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/afn-leonard-peltier-support-1.7264911

And yes, it's the same one you just posted! The title of the article is "Assembly of First Nations rescinds support for activist Leonard Peltier."

littlemissmartypants

(26,076 posts)

34. Yes, that's it, SB!! TY. ...

Reply to ShazzieB (Reply #18)

Thu Dec 12, 2024, 04:35 PM

Dec 12

It makes me really sad. The whole story is just awful. ❤️

MichMan

(13,729 posts)

7. Peltier fits neither of these categories

Reply to BoRaGard (Reply #3)

Thu Dec 12, 2024, 08:00 AM

Dec 12

First paragraph in the OP

President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of roughly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed on home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic and is pardoning 39 Americans convicted of nonviolent crimes

Clouds Passing

(3,122 posts)

11. I second that. Maybe Deb Haaland is working on that.

Reply to SamKnause (Reply #2)

Thu Dec 12, 2024, 09:51 AM

Dec 12

Jose Garcia

(2,966 posts)

15. Was he convicted of a non-violent crime?

Reply to SamKnause (Reply #2)

Thu Dec 12, 2024, 10:25 AM

Dec 12

bdamomma

(66,862 posts)

5. President Biden

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Dec 12, 2024, 07:04 AM

Dec 12

no 2nd chances for the felon PLEASE, don't do it. You will not be judged.

Escape

(83 posts)

6. ...the people who have demonstrated remorse and rehabilitation......

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Dec 12, 2024, 07:44 AM

Dec 12

That's the most important line in his proclamation.

OhioTim

(307 posts)

8. Needs to Pardon Every

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Dec 12, 2024, 08:13 AM

Dec 12

elected democratic official in the US.

MichMan

(13,729 posts)

10. Free Bob Menendez !

Reply to OhioTim (Reply #8)

Thu Dec 12, 2024, 08:37 AM

Dec 12

Lucky Luciano

(11,522 posts)

28. No way! Fucking crook. Sleazy.

Reply to MichMan (Reply #10)

Thu Dec 12, 2024, 03:30 PM

Dec 12

MichMan

(13,729 posts)

29. The post I replied to stated to pardon every Democratic elected official

Reply to Lucky Luciano (Reply #28)

Thu Dec 12, 2024, 03:40 PM

Dec 12

Menendez would be included in that

rampartd

(1,140 posts)

32. i don't know about menendez

Reply to MichMan (Reply #29)

Thu Dec 12, 2024, 04:19 PM

Dec 12

he was found guilty , but that no longer seems to matter

the way they operate he may have been innocent , along with wiener and was it spitzer?

my own mayor and congressman wm jefferson and c ray nagin were corrupt in really obvious ways.

Attilatheblond

(4,816 posts)

16. Ah, no

Reply to OhioTim (Reply #8)

Thu Dec 12, 2024, 10:59 AM

Dec 12

taking bribes and such should not be pardoned.

DownriverDem

(6,711 posts)

9. Now pardon

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Dec 12, 2024, 08:16 AM

Dec 12

all the Dems in Congress, Jan 6th committee and the witnesses & Liz Chaney and Adam Kinzinger too. Look over trump's enemy list and pardon them too.

marshall

(6,683 posts)

13. Don't forget Hillary & Bill Clinton

Reply to DownriverDem (Reply #9)

Thu Dec 12, 2024, 10:15 AM

Dec 12

As well as members of the Biden family, and even Biden himself.

question everything

(49,267 posts)

12. K&R

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Dec 12, 2024, 09:53 AM

Dec 12

orleans

(35,410 posts)

14. need to do more Joe!

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Dec 12, 2024, 10:20 AM

Dec 12

but not trump and his band of magats

AKwannabe

(6,461 posts)

17. Do. Not. Pardon. tRump!

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Dec 12, 2024, 11:23 AM

Dec 12

Don’t care about any other pardons
Do not pardon tRump!

maxsolomon

(35,452 posts)

20. This is great, and probably the 1st move of several to come.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Dec 12, 2024, 12:42 PM

Dec 12

Will Americans notice? Probably not.

rampartd

(1,140 posts)

22. "the largest single day act of clemency?

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Dec 12, 2024, 12:46 PM

Dec 12

do we know how many "draft dodgers" were pardoned by jimmy carter?

congratulations mr biden. i really hope none of these come back as twitter memes.

BumRushDaShow

(145,167 posts)

23. "do we know how many "draft dodgers" were pardoned by jimmy carter? "

Reply to rampartd (Reply #22)

Thu Dec 12, 2024, 12:59 PM

Dec 12

Biden had earlier pardoned those with federal marijuana charges - Presidential Proclamation on Marijuana Possession, Attempted Possession, and Use which I expect would have been more than draft dodgers.

I am guessing the stat in the OP is in reference to specifically named individuals.

With respect to the marijuana one and probably the draft dodgers one, those individuals had to apply for the relief (and confirm eligibility) vs being specifically named.

rampartd

(1,140 posts)

30. carter caught hell for those pardons, but i don't think that is why "they" torpedoed his presidency

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Reply #23)

Thu Dec 12, 2024, 03:58 PM

Dec 12

that was either the energy plan . reagabn's day 1 included removing the solar power from the white house or

an environmental/consumer protection agenda in partnership with nader or

considering te human rights violations of right wing authoritarians to be equivalent to "commies.

BumRushDaShow

(145,167 posts)

31. There were a number of "stunts" that the GOP did during that Carter/Rayun election

Reply to rampartd (Reply #30)

Thu Dec 12, 2024, 04:07 PM

Dec 12

most notably, the "Iran hostages" thing (which is what the GOP was trying to do with the Afghanistan pullout this go-around). You also had a pretty sad economy at the time too - particularly the interest rates (that I point out continually when people bemoan the interest rates of today) -

LetMyPeopleVote

(156,277 posts)

24. Statement of President Joe Biden

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Dec 12, 2024, 01:04 PM

Dec 12

Link to tweet

Today, I’m pardoning 39 people with non-violent crimes who have demonstrated remorse and rehabilitation, and I’m commuting the sentences of nearly 1,500 others – many of whom would have received lower sentences today.

America was built on second chances. That's what these pardons and commutations represent.